Alternatly one should not be suppressed from being positive either. I have
failed to get any publicity in the local press for my neurodiversity gruop
presumably because I did not include the usual negative stories couched in
terms of victims and suffering and bravery that the newspapers seem to like
to wrap such items up in.
Larry
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Sarah Supple
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> Subject: Re: Something Positive?
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> Dear Liz, I was interested in your comments about how people are silenced.
> Some research I did showed that the participants felt they could only talk
> about their disabilities in certain ways, one of them being in humour and
> that the negative experinces associated with beign disabled were
> suppressed.
> I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on this or would be keen to
> know if you have come across any other research or papers that have dealt
> with this, Thanks, Sarah supple.
>
>
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